Avaya S8700 Maintenance Manual page 669

test alarms
Query From Input
After entering the command test alarms , the system technician will be presented
with an options form for alarm selection.
The type of alarm to be tested is specified by placing a y or n in the alarm type fields.
Alarm
The technician can choose a combination of active alarms: major, minor, and/or
Types
warning.
Test alarms for records for the last hour (h), last day (d), last week (w) or all (a). The
Interval
default is all.
Test alarm associated with records from the time specified by mm/dd/hh/mm, where
From
mm month, dd is the day, hh is the hour and mm is the minute. If no "from" date is
entered, then no checking is done. This will give the user all the alarms active since
a month prior to the current time.
Test alarms associated with records to the time specified by mm/dd/hh/mm, where
To
mm is the month, dd is the day, hh is the hour and mm is the minute. If no "to" date
is entered, any alarm which is active after the from date will be selected.
The technician can choose between five different equipment types. If there is no
Equipment
input to any of these fields, the system will default to all the equipment. The user can
Type
select one of the following fields:
Cabinet: This allows the technician to test all alarms associated with a particular
cabinet. Alarms for a cabinet are referenced by a number ranging from 1 to 3
which is assigned during cabinet administration.
Port Network: This allows the technician to test all alarms associated with a
particular port network. Alarms for a port network are referenced by a number
ranging from 1 to 3.
Board Number: This allows the technician to choose all alarms associated with
a particular circuit pack for testing. Alarms for a circuit pack are referenced by
circuit pack location (cabinet-carrier-slot). If the cabinet number is omitted, the
system will default to 1.
Port: This allows the technician to choose all alarms associated with a particular
port on a circuit pack for testing. Alarms for a port circuit are referenced by port
location (cabinet-carrier-slot-circuit). If the cabinet number is omitted, the
system will default to 1.
Category: Alarms for a particular equipment category.
Extension: Alarms associated with an extension number.
Trunk (group/member): The technician can choose to test every alarm
associated with a particular trunk group or trunk-group member. The group
identifier should be entered to test every alarm associated with a trunk group
(XX/__). The group identifier and member identifier should both be entered to
test every alarm associated with a specific trunk-group member (XX/XX).
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